Computational modeling of heterogeneity and function of CD4+ T cells

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 2, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Carbo, Adria ^a   Hontecillas, Raquel ^a   Andrew, Tricity ^a   Eden, Kristin ^a   Mei, Yongguo ^a   Hoops, Stefan ^a   Bassaganya Riera, Josep ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CD4+ T cell differentiation; CD4+ T cell dogma; Computational immunology; Computational modeling; Immunoinformatics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84909632141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2014.00031     Document Type: Review

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